Wow that's almost 4 to one worse. Also how do Canada, Sweden and Iceland do so well coming from the free world? ----- Original Message ----- From: bob allen<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org<mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
Kirk McLoren wrote: > We have some very wealthy people but a huge quantity of very poor. The > corporations sell us on "frredom" yet the infant mortality in Belize is > better than here. Most Americans havent a clue what it is like to live > elsewhere. > Spend an afternoon with the almanac and look at statistics. Read em and > weep. I did and your off the mark. We do rank poorly among European and some Asian countries but ahead of most poorer countries. (36th on a list at http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_Infant_Mortality_Rate_aall.htm<http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_Infant_Mortality_Rate_aall.htm>) see http://www.brainyatlas.com/fields/2091.html<http://www.brainyatlas.com/fields/2091.html> for example Belize 24.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) United States 6.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Canada 4.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Afghanistan 144.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Sweden 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Iceland 3.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) India 61.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) China 27.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) > > Kirk > > */Zeke Yewdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/>* wrote: > > On 11/24/06, *D. Mindock* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > Leo, > Here's something about the Thanksgiving here in the USA. It > just appeared in > my email inbox. The story does have a moral, whether it's > correct or not, > I not qualified to say. > Peace, D. Mindock > > 11/23/2006 > *The Great Thanksgiving Hoax* > /by Richard J. Marbury/ > snip > Thus the real reason for Thanksgiving, deleted from the official > story, is: Socialism does not work; the one and only source of > abundance is free markets, and we thank God we live in a country > where we can have them. > snip > > > It always amuses me to find people who are so entralled by the free > market that they actually seem to hold it in higher regard that God > himself. Wouldn't a true Christian say that the one and only source > of abundance is God? > > Also left out the Thanksgiving story is a fair bit of genocide, > slavery, and other stuff we'd rather not think about... > > Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org<mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org<http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org> > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html<http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html> > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/<http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta>> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org<mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org<http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org> > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html<http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html> > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/<http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.16/551 - Release Date: 11/25/2006 > -- Bob Allen, http://ozarker.org/bob<http://ozarker.org/bob> ========================================================= The modern conservative is engaged in one of Man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness JKG _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org<mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org<http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html<http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/<http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/>
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